What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

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Machete. Good stuff!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Twilight - New Moon (a friend asked me to so I could give some opinions of something).

Tonight's going to be Radioland Murders on my iPhone during a show (I house manage at a local theater and I'm perched in the lobby nightly for whatever goes wrong or needs handling during the show).

 

[The Good]

Last night, I had seen Le clan des Siciliens, or The Sicilian Clan, starring Jean-Paul Gabin, Alain Delon, and Lino Ventura. I've gotta say, it was actually very good, entertaining, yet with plenty of substance. It was a Mafia, crime-caper type of film, but not really the traditional American-style gangster flick.

Ponyo, a Japanese animated movie. The ideas and setting (a small Japanese fishing village on a chain of islands) was fantastic.

Ah, you mean the latest Miyazaki film? I haven't seen that, only seen his first work, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (I'm a Lupin III fan myself), but he's supposed to be a very good director and animator. I'll have to check out some of his other films eventually.

 

[Harp]

I love the opening scene, though, where you see Robert Talylor's character lose 25 years of age: gray hair and moustache go dark, and his face and eyes become youthful again...

Now that you mention it...this scene is ominous.
A star-crossed tragedy unfolds, and Taylor pulls the viewer inside the past. :cry:

 

[VitaminG]

A Hard Day's Night
followed by
Jungle Fever

 

[John in Covina]

An Annual Tradition

We did the annual Lutheran tradition of Beer, Brats and Bride with a get together at Pastor's house. He and his wife did a great job.

The Princess Bride.

 

[Lady Day]

"INCONCEIVABLE!"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

LD

 

[KY Gentleman]

Panic in the Streets starring Richard Widmark. This was Jack Palances' film debut as well. Good story!

 

[calendargirl]

Easy A - ***

The Lady Eve - *****

 

[Honey Bee]

"Summertime", with Kate Hepburn.
Not the best but the scenery and clothing were awesome

 

[swinggal]

Stagedoor Canteen

Great for swing music, big bands and good 40s hair

 

[Katarina]

Devil, produced by our favorite M. Night Shinylemon.

It's a good movie, definitely worth matinee price.

 

[W4ASZ]

Der Fall Gleiwitz (The Gleiwitz Case) - The 1961 East German black and white film dealing with the WW II false-flag "attack" by the SS on the German radio station at Gleiwitz on, literally, the eve of the war in Europe.

 

[Edward]

The Devil's Arithmetic - a late 90s film (possibly made for TV, or at least it certainly went straight to DVD over here...) in which Kirsten Dunst plays a Jewish teenager wholly disinterested in the Jewish culture and traditions, with no time for her grandparents' generation and their tales of the Holocaust in Europe. During Passover celebrations she has some sort of supernatural experience, ending up back in time and going through the Auschwitz experience herself before retuning to the present day. It's a bit twee and occasionally saccharine for my tastes, though I imagine it would be very good for kids that aren't quite old enough to deal with something like Schindler as of yet. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a far superior film, though.

The Exorcist. A classic in every sense of the word.

 

[Smithy]

"And Then There Were None", the 1945 adaptation of the Agatha Christie whodunnit on the island where the guests start getting bumped off. It's probably one of my favourite Christie books and the movie is not bad at all. Louis Hayward cut quite a dash as Philip Lombard and possessed an enviable wardrobe.

Good fun.

 

[AmateisGal]

The Burbs. Classic Tom Hanks.

 

[AmateisGal]

"INCONCEIVABLE!"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

LD

SOOOO many good quotes from that movie.

"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

 

[Corto]

"The Sting". Gotta tell ya, I was a little underwhelmed. How could Robert Shaw not know what Redford looked like if all his torpedoes knew him on sight? etc., Oscar shoulda went to 'The Last Detail'...(Or even American Graffiti.)

 

[John in Covina]

Actually the reverse is plausible how would Shaw's charactor know?

I don't think the torpedoes brought in photos to the boss. The story line is the two grifters rip off the organization but at the local level they are found out. The report comes in about the rip off and orders are given to have them taken care of ASAP. The local boys are to handle it or the specialists get involved but the boss and higher ups rely on that and don't need to know.

 

[DanielJones]

Blood Alley (1955) with John wayne & Lauren Bacall. I also love the fact that Paul Fix played a Chinese village elder. He played opposite of Wayne in so many films going back to The Fighting Seabees.

Cheers!

Dan